Lauren Phipps
Yale School of the Environment
Lauren Phipps works to accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy. She is a Master of Environmental Management student at the Yale School of the Environment, with concentrations in industrial ecology and business. Her work focuses on circularity, critical materials and strategies to forge and future-proof mineral value chains for the clean energy transition. Lauren is a 2050 Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, leads the Business & Environment Club at Yale and served as a 2023 EDF Climate Corps Fellow. Prior to Yale, Lauren led circular economy strategy, programs and partnerships as Vice President and Senior Analyst at GreenBiz Group. During her time at GreenBiz, Lauren launched Circularity, the world’s largest circular economy conference, and authored an industry-leading weekly newsletter on the topic. She holds a BA in Environmental Analysis and Sociology from Pitzer College.
Are you ready for Fair Trade … plastics?
A new project from The Body Shop aims to ensure informal plastic recyclers who live below the poverty line have sustainable livelihoods. Read More
A conversation with Dame Ellen MacArthur
Why the grande dame of circularity is as optimistic as ever. Read More
Apple dials up its circular materials aspirations
The electronics giant is showing how to reclaim and reuse valuable materials that previously had largely gone to waste. Read More
The 5 things you need to know about chemical recycling
Big brands such as adidas, Unilever, P&G, Danone and Interface are already taking notice. Read More
Cleaning up the waste of e-commerce returns
Internet sales are a massive market — but with high rates of returns and half of those going to the landfill, something has to change. Read More
C&A's Jeff Hogue on ‘pilot-washing’ and unconventional collaborations
The innovative CSO chats about designing circular apparel at scale. Read More
3 circular plastics trends to watch
They’re helping make the case for circularity. Read More
Playing for keeps: Is designing emotional durability the key to a circular economy?
We have too much stuff, and too much consumer detachment. But getting people to see material products as long-term is hard. Read More
Just dye it: how this apparel company is developing water- and chemical-free textile tinting
And taking much-needed steps towards a more circular fashion industry. Read More
3 companies using the power of AI to advance the circular economy
Where there's efficiency, there's economics. Read More
